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annie is one.
I started this post over a month ago: Annie, my sweet baby, is one and on the verge of walking and talking and expressing herself. It turns out, her past year of docile compliance was just a cover: she...
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gifts of service
I was a little bit nervous to take a spiritual gifts test last week. For the uninitiated, a spiritual gifts test is basically an inventory of what you like to do, what comes naturally to you and how...
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part one: drowning
Why? As Frank and I were emerging from the fog of a hard season of our marriage, we both said that we never wanted to be so far from each other again. Frank asked me to write down our experience so...
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part two: the rescue
This is part two of a three part series about the rescue of a drowning marriage. To read part one, click here. *** “We need help.” These three simple words were immediately followed by lots and lots of...
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part three: the walk
This is part three in a three part series. Read part one here and part two here. So if our marriage had been drowning in the first part and rescued in the second part, part three should surely be our...
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a complicated season
Last Thursday I had an ultrasound scheduled to check on the progress of my pregnancy with our fourth child. Simply looking at the faces of my ultrasound tech and doctor confirmed my fears: there was no...
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has anyone seen emily?
Well hello, 2016. My lack of blogging begs the age-old question: if a mommy-blogger type doesn’t blog, does that mean nothing happened? Possibly. But with three small-ish children, that’s unlikely....
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adulting
Adulting often means doing mundane, responsible, grown-up things instead of the thing you probably really want to do. For example, I don’t really love making dinner a lot of nights. Truth be told, I...
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anything plain can be lovely
When the Barenaked Ladies (BNL) took the stage at the Genesee theater in Waukegan this week, tears inexplicably rolled down my cheeks in spite of the big smile I was wearing. My on-going co-habitation...
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ellie in the sun
Ellie is squinting in the sun. Wild honey-red curls, pulling straighter under the weight of her ever-growing locks. Freckles gather on the bridge of her nose. Her blue eyes are framed by pale red...
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